August 7th @ Anaheim - The Most Pathetic Game of the Season

[schillingouttheks]

Okay. Time for more "schillingouttheks" mojo. Hopefully we can have lots of it, too. Get hits with runners in scoring position, please. Mirabelli's in the lineup tonight and I would pretty much bet my life that he'll revert back to his old self rather than having a repeat of the last time he played. Whatever. Just win please.

Game Info:
Date: Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Teams: Boston Red Sox (68-44) @ Anaheim Angels (65-46)
First Pitch: 10:05pm EDT
Venue: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
TV: NESN
Starting Pitchers:
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http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/bos.gif#49 Tim Wakefield (13-9, 4.55)
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/mlb/images/team_logos/50x50/ana.gif#51 Joe Saunders (5-0, 3.10)

Mojo of the day:
I'm playing more Dave because I feel like it. Deal with it.

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DAVE MATTHEWS BAND MOJO!

[BoSox21]

win me one on my birthday, boys

[riverside sluggers]

Happy Birthday "BoSox"

Drew with the night off, Wily Mo in right


Tim Wakefield (27 games vs Anaheim, 9-11 & 1 save with a 4.86 ERA---Career at Angel Stadium in 14 games, 5-6 with a 4.90 ERA)
Chone Figgins, 4 for 12 (.333 avg) RBI, Walk, 4 Ks, 3 SBs
Orlando Cabrera, 3 for 17 (.176 avg) 2 Doubles, HR, 2 RBIs, 3 Walks, 5 Ks, 2 SBs
Vladimir Guerrero, 7 for 16 (.438 avg) Double, 4 HRs, 7 RBIs, 8 Walks, 3 Ks, SB
Garret Anderson, 18 for 62 (.290 avg) 3 Doubles, 5 HRs, 15 RBIs, Walk, 6 Ks, SB
Gary Matthews Jr., 3 for 19 (.158 avg) HR, 4 RBIs, Walk, 2 Ks, SB
Casey Kotchman, 4 for 11 (.364 avg) Double, HR, 2 RBIs, Walk, 2 Ks
Maicer Izturis, 3 for 5 (.600 avg) RBI
Jeff Mathis, 1 for 2 (.500 avg) Double, RBI
Reggie Willits, 0 for 2, K
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Robb Quinlan, 0 for 3, 2 Ks


Joe Saunders (2 games vs Boston, 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA---Career at Angel Stadium in 16 games, 8-2 with a 4.44 ERA)
Dustin Pedroia, 3 for 5 (.600 avg)
Kevin Youkilis, 2 for 5 (.400 avg) Double, RBI, Walk, K
David Ortiz, 0 for 6
Manny Ramirez, 0 for 3, RBI
Mike Lowell, 2 for 6 (.333 avg) K
Coco Crisp, 2 for 6 (.333 avg) 2 Doubles, K
Wily Mo Pena, 3 for 4 (.750 avg) Double, Walk
Doug Mirabelli, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) HR, 2 RBIs, 2 Walks, K
Julio Lugo, 0 for 2

Wakefield this season vs Anaheim in 2 games, 1-1 with a 6.55 ERA. On the road in 11 games, 5-6 with a 4.36 ERA

Saunders this season at home in 6 games, 3-0 with a 4.22 ERA

[VA Sox Fan]

Happy Birthday BoSox21!

Thank you for the line-up as usual riverside!

SOTK.....good Dave MOJO......we'll win this series bro......

Let's GO Red Sox!!!!

[BoSox21]

thanks guys

[Youk Of The Nation]

I thought WMP was DFA'd?

[jacksonianmarch]

no, he was passed through revokable waivers. Just means he can be dealt now.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

lol schill check your PMs eh?

[Youk Of The Nation]

Oh okay.

[yankees228]

Maicer has got to throw to first there.

[schillingouttheks]

lol schill check your PMs eh?

I did. I don't want to. :harhar:

What will you give me if I do?

[KeepTheFaith1229]

I don't know :lol:

[KeepTheFaith1229]

gay steroid user

[riverside sluggers]

Holding out hope, but argh even though its still the 4th inning, im just not getting a good vibe

[Rdsxmbnt]

ugh.

[schillingouttheks]

Hahahahah Coco finally puts an absolute charge into one and gets robbed.

[schillingouttheks]

Sigh.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Dont strand him please.

[schillingouttheks]

Dont strand him please.

Seriously.

[schillingouttheks]

HOLY FUCK! DOUG MIRABELLI WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU?

DOUGIE'S GOIN' DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP TONIGHT!

[riverside sluggers]

I want my belli' back!

Damn that was a no doubter off the bat

[See Red]

Dougie destroyed that one. Wow.

[redsoxrules]

YOUK! 4-2

[schillingouttheks]

<3 Youkilis.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Suck it, Youk-will-drop-off-in-the-secondhalfers.

[See Red]

Come on, Manny!

[Rdsxmbnt]

nice inning, keep it going wake!

[yankees228]

Tonight might be the night where the three-headed monster of Okajima, Gagne, and Papelbon gets tested in a close game.

[schillingouttheks]

Christ almighty. Here they come...

Delcarmen - Okajima - Gagne - Papelbon, please.

[schillingouttheks]

GOD LUGO. THAT WAS 2 OUTS.

[riverside sluggers]

Fucking Lugo, slipping away...

[KeepTheFaith1229]

lugo you piece of shit

the worst part is if he hustled after he bobbled at, he could have had cabrera at 3rd

[See Red]

Jesus fucking christ. A routine fucking play. My grandma makes that play.

[Coco's Disciples]

Ugh, things turning sour quickly.

[mtbykr]

friggin lugo...backhand that

[Coco's Disciples]

Bollocks, 5-4.

[riverside sluggers]

Wakefield is running on fumes, Tito will wait until the game is out of hand to pull him

EDIT: Huh, course of habit, this is something new. He's pulling his starting pitcher at the right time. Cmon MDC, hopefully get out with just a 1 run deficit and claw out again

[Rdsxmbnt]

WTF wake??

[mtbykr]

geez i just start watching and now the game is over.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

geez i just start watching and now the game is over.

It's not over.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

hey can someone field a ground ball cleanly some time?

[riverside sluggers]

No breaks

Youk has to handle a tough hop, no DP. Izturis up with 2 men in scoring position with 1 out

[See Red]

This is fucking ridiculous.

[riverside sluggers]

Fielding drills for the infield after the game. Still just 1 out

[schillingouttheks]

Fuck this shit.

T-minus 2 hours until TW101 goes into hibernation mode.

[See Red]

This team needs Tom Emanski.

[riverside sluggers]

la la 7-4

5 game lead by the end of the game? Oh yea its nearing the panic button for this lead in the AL East

[Rdsxmbnt]

screw this

[schillingouttheks]

The Angels just have everything clicking right now. It was a matter of time until something exploded.

Get the last 2 outs and bring out the bats, we still have 12 outs with the lumber in our hands left.

[mtbykr]

It's not over.


I hope not, but does anyone really have any confidence in this teams ability to comeback? In past years as long as it was close i was confident, this year one run down (now 2) it's just about over....especially with their pen.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

i guess it was too much to ask to field a normal grounder, we can't even pick up a ball off the ground cleanly

[schillingouttheks]

The thing that sucks about tonight is that now I see the Wakefield sucky streak coming on. For the next four outings we'll probably have to stomach some real slugfests off of Wake.

[riverside sluggers]

I hope not, but does anyone really have any confidence in this teams ability to comeback? In past years as long as it was close i was confident, this year one run down (now 2) it's just about over....especially with their pen.

This past week, the team's record trailing after 8 inning was 1-39. That 1 win being the Mother's Day Victory

[Youk Of The Nation]

Hello 5-game lead.

[riverside sluggers]

Get a fucking out!!!

[See Red]

What a fucking disaster of a game. We make some routine plays and we'd have been out of it a long time ago.

[schillingouttheks]

Hello 5-game lead.

I'm very happy with that 5-game lead going into the upcoming baseball. I was nervous it would be even smaller given the teams that the Yanks and Sox have been playing, but now that the Yanks will actually have good opposition and we can start playing the sucky teams a bit more, I'm not worried yet.

We just took 2/3 in Seattle. I'm happy with that. Anaheim is a very good team and finishing this brief west coast road trip with a 3-3 record against these two teams is a success, IMO.

[See Red]

The only thing worse than watching this game is watching this game while listening to the Angels announcers. They suck.

[schillingouttheks]

Bonds hit 756. Thank fucking God. Now I don't have to hear about it anymore.

[riverside sluggers]

The night gets better as the juicer hits #756, great for the rest of the game thats what theyll be talking about. Nah Schil, it might be more tame, but for the rest of the week they'll be talking about 756, hall of fame, steroids. The talk will not go away until Bonds walks away from baseball

So tomorrow we have Jon Lester vs Dustin Moseley. Could be a win, could be a loss. Lester is pitching the same way he did last year (5/6 innings, hit batters, walks, early deep pitch counts). While the yankees actually face a good pitcher, Wang vs halladay. So hopefully heading into the O's series we'll be up by 5 games

[mtbykr]

Mabey this will be the end of the ESPN showing every game, every ab, ect... now it's over the FBI can move in

[schillingouttheks]

Lowell gets it started with a base hit. KEEP GOING.

[riverside sluggers]

Thanks fucking Dale Sveum!!! You dont send them with no outs

[Rdsxmbnt]

this is crap

[schillingouttheks]

Lowell is so fucking slow. I really can't take it. HOLD HIM AT THIRD BASE. HE CAN'T MAKE IT. WORST CASE SCENARIO WE HAVE 2ND AND 3RD WITH NO OUTS. Hale you fucking shitbumb.

[See Red]

This is just how it's gone. Why send him? There's no outs and he's slow as shit.

[Coco's Disciples]

This team is beyond frustrating. Meanwhile the Yankees are rejuvenated. Uh oh.

[mosox]

no outs and down by 3, the ghost Dale Sveum lives.

[riverside sluggers]

Lowell is so fucking slow. I really can't take it. HOLD HIM AT THIRD BASE. HE CAN'T MAKE IT. WORST CASE SCENARIO WE HAVE 2ND AND 3RD WITH NO OUTS. Hale you fucking shitbumb.

Night gets better, WB Mason commercials are coming on now

[Rdsxmbnt]

can we catch a break in this game???????????????

[schillingouttheks]

This team is beyond frustrating. Meanwhile the Yankees are rejuvenated. Uh oh.

They're playing shit teams and have a hell of a schedule coming up. Don't jump out of your pants yet.

[mtbykr]

The sox continue to crap the bed...did dale "send em in" svain come back to coach 3rd? Unreal the sox have a chance to get 2 guys on with no outs, and that......not only can we not hit when it matters, but now we can't friggin coach either

[schillingouttheks]

Night gets better, WB Mason commercials are coming on now

That's the most annoying thing of the night. I really can't stand those fucking commercials.

I forget who said it, but I'm a Staples apologist. :lol:

[See Red]

Cabrera could've rolled the ball to home and got Lowell's slow ass.

[schillingouttheks]

Alright Drew. Let's go. You've been spanking the ball recently so let's have it continue, please.

[mtbykr]

Watching the replay, ocab had the ball while lowell was just leaving 3rd.....great job hale!

[schillingouttheks]

lol, fucking typical. Get nothing out of it. Hale's a piece of shit. I could coach 3rd base better than him tonight.

[riverside sluggers]

Thanks Hale you fucker. Anyone else notice that when he sent Lowell he never looked toward home plate, he kept his eyes fixed on 2nd base. He mustve known right there that he should be wearing a dunce cap

Best inning to get anything going. Now theyll face Speier, Shields, K-Rod to end the game

[KeepTheFaith1229]

The Angels announcer sounds like Ben Affleck in Dodgeball.

[schillingouttheks]

I think winter came a little early for TW101 and he's already hibernating. Oh well, the sooner the better!

[mtbykr]

great job hale, we would have only been down one with 2 outs...now it's over. What the hell is it with 3rd base coaches recently? Wave em in wendall, send em in svain, and now hand deliver out hale

[riverside sluggers]

Tavarez... fucking hell.

[See Red]

The Angels announcer sounds like Ben Affleck in Dodgeball.

... Ben Affleck isn't in Dodgeball. Ben Stiller?

And these Angels announcers suck. They are terrible.

[mtbykr]

The Angels announcer sounds like Ben Affleck in Dodgeball.

Affleck wasn't in dodgeball, that was Vince Vaughn

[inkman]

It's starting to feel like last year.

[Rdsxmbnt]

wow this is just retarded

[riverside sluggers]

now 8-4

[riverside sluggers]

now 9-4

[mtbykr]

Why am i still watching this?

[schillingouttheks]

It's starting to feel like last year.

Oh come on. No it's not. The Angels are a good team and Wake had one of his bad nights. This is not the end of the world folks. When the Yanks start playing some actual competition, we'll all feel a lot better. This game is pretty much over, but be happy that the lead is still at 5 games. It could be a lot smaller but we played great baseball to keep them at bay despite their hot streak. Everyone calm down, it's ok.

[mtbykr]

This may be the most pathetic game of the season

[schillingouttheks]

Why am i still watching this?

I can't do it anymore. If they were winning I'd sacrifice sleep for them, but I just need to go to sleep.

I suggest my fellow east coasters do the same before you all get into horrible moods. Tomorrow's a new day. If the Sox win tomorrow, Halladay can totally shut down the Yanks and we could be looking at a 6-game lead again. It's okay.

Tavarez sucks.

[mtbykr]

It's starting to feel like last year.

no it's not, half our team isn't heading to the DL

[schillingouttheks]

This may be the most pathetic game of the season

You know what? I like that. I'm going to edit the title of this thread.

[inkman]

When the Yanks start playing some actual competition, we'll all feel a lot better.

You mean they won't bend over and take it like every other above average team facing NYY?

[schillingouttheks]

You mean they won't bend over and take it like every other above average team facing NYY?

The Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals are above average teams?

[Rdsxmbnt]

everyone on this team loves to take their walks but when it comes down to it either the batters choke in the RBI situations or everyones just too dam slow

[inkman]

no it's not, half our team isn't heading to the DL

This doesn't make me feel better.

[See Red]

You mean they won't bend over and take it like every other above average team facing NYY?

Yanks ain't played an above average team since the All-Star break.

[inkman]

The Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago White Sox, and Kansas City Royals are above average teams?

No but I envision the Indians and Tigers (I think they are coming up for NY) playing like bitches when facing them.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

... Ben Affleck isn't in Dodgeball. Ben Stiller?

And these Angels announcers suck. They are terrible.

yeah, ben stiller

I get my actors mixed up :lol:

[inkman]

Yanks ain't played an above average team since the All-Star break.

I've seen many above average teams play like vaginas, especially in NY.

[See Red]

yeah, ben stiller

I get my actors mixed up :lol:

It's all good. He does sound like White Goodman!

[mtbykr]

everyone on this team loves to take their walks but when it comes down to it either the batters choke in the RBI situations or everyones just too dam slow


It's not Lowell's fault...there is not way he should have been sent in that situation. That out is 100% on Demarlo "hand em outs" Hale

[schillingouttheks]

No but I envision the Indians and Tigers (I think they are coming up for NY) playing like bitches when facing them.

They also get the Angels, and Baltimore is the only team to give them somewhat of a challenge after the all-star break. We also have a series against them. New York is going to have a very tough time continuing this success. It's just not going to happen.

The world's not ending.

[riverside sluggers]

Yanks' schedule
Tomorrow (tonight rather) Wang vs Halladay
August 10 - 12 @ Cleveland
August 13 - 15 vs Baltimore
August 16 - 19 vs Detroit
August 20 - 22 @ Anaheim
August 24 - 27 @ Detroit
August 28 - 30 vs Boston

Sox's schedule
Tomorrow- Lester vs Moseley (toss up)
August 10 - 12 @ Baltimore
August 13 - 15 vs Tampa Bay
August 17 - 19 vs Anaheim (4 game series, DH on Friday)
August 20 - 22 @ Tampa Bay
August 23 - 26 @ Chicago
August 28 - 30 @ New York

[DUSTINMOHR4LIFE]

Yanks' schedule
Tomorrow (tonight rather) Wang vs Halladay
August 10 - 12 @ Cleveland
August 13 - 15 vs Baltimore
August 16 - 19 vs Detroit
August 20 - 22 @ Anaheim
August 24 - 27 @ Detroit
August 28 - 30 vs Boston

Sox's schedule
Tomorrow- Lester vs Moseley (toss up)
August 10 - 12 @ Baltimore
August 13 - 15 vs Tampa Bay
August 17 - 19 vs Anaheim (4 game series, DH on Friday)
August 20 - 22 @ Tampa Bay
August 23 - 26 @ Chicago
August 28 - 30 @ New York

This is extremely comforting.

[example1]

Yanks' schedule
Tomorrow (tonight rather) Wang vs Halladay
August 10 - 12 @ Cleveland
August 13 - 15 vs Baltimore
August 16 - 19 vs Detroit
August 20 - 22 @ Anaheim
August 24 - 27 @ Detroit
August 28 - 30 vs Boston

Sox's schedule
Tomorrow- Lester vs Moseley (toss up)
August 10 - 12 @ Baltimore
August 13 - 15 vs Tampa Bay
August 17 - 19 vs Anaheim (4 game series, DH on Friday)
August 20 - 22 @ Tampa Bay
August 23 - 26 @ Chicago
August 28 - 30 @ New York

I like the sound of that too, but the fact is that if this team isn't playing well they will lose the lead. They are a good team and are in good shape, but they will still need to execute against these teams who would LOVE to knock the Sox off their pedestal.

[br3ds0x]

Just got back from the game. The third base coach sending Lowell and that 7 out 5th inning killed us. Were a hell of a lot of red sox fans there..seemed like 40% were sox fans.
Don't know if they showed it on NESN but there was a really funny thing. They were doing the kiss cam thing in between innings and were showing a bunch of people and then they showed don and jerry. Jerry turned to Don and put his arms out and Don either had a mouth full of water or food and looked like he was trying everything not to laugh and trying to get away from Jerry.
A highlight of the game at least <_<

[jacksonianmarch]

Yanks' schedule
Tomorrow (tonight rather) Wang vs Halladay
August 10 - 12 @ Cleveland
August 13 - 15 vs Baltimore
August 16 - 19 vs Detroit
August 20 - 22 @ Anaheim
August 24 - 27 @ Detroit
August 28 - 30 vs Boston

Sox's schedule
Tomorrow- Lester vs Moseley (toss up)
August 10 - 12 @ Baltimore
August 13 - 15 vs Tampa Bay
August 17 - 19 vs Anaheim (4 game series, DH on Friday)
August 20 - 22 @ Tampa Bay
August 23 - 26 @ Chicago
August 28 - 30 @ New York

If that Aug 28th series is entered with a less than 5 game lead, then you may be in trouble.

[riverside sluggers]

Thank you Captain Obvious for that ground breaking discovery

[inkman]

The world's not ending.

No, but the division lead is. The Red Sox have been an extremely flawed team all season that got unbelievable pitching the first 1/3 of the season. Unless Manny and Papi start going off, I see this team fading right into second place. Maybe the wild card...:dunno:

[TheKilo]

Damn, SOTK, you make a lot of game threads. lol.

[TheKilo]

If that Aug 28th series is entered with a less than 5 game lead, then you may be in trouble.

The Sox have over 98% odds to make the playoffs. What trouble?